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— It's a big week for superhero fans this week. On Tuesday at 8 p.m., Marvel legend Stan Lee makes his inevitable cameo on ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Then, if you're more of a DC Comics fan, Katrina Law (Spartacus) makes her debut on Arrow as a member of the League of Assassins Wednesday at 8 p.m. on the CW.

More picks and clips, includingHannah's latest humiliation on Girls and what's to come on Looking, AFTER THE JUMP...

Andrew Sullivan on the ever-shrinking Republican Party: "There is effectively no Republican party any more. There is a radical
movement to destroy the modern American state and eviscerate its
institutions in favor of restoring a mythical, elysian, majority-white,
nineteenth-century past."

Fed up with government shutdown nonsense, Jon Stewart turns to his wheel of happy stories. One of the options? "Full Frontal George Clooney," complete with a real NSFW image of full frontal nudity (though probably not of George Clooney, by the looks of it).

British boyband McFly goes camping. Thankfully, Attitude magazine was there to document.

Queer Nation NY to protest at Carnegie Hall tonight: "Conductor Valery Gergiev, a longtime friend and supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, will appear at Carnegie Hall. Gergiev has refused to make any comment on Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. He
was honored by the Russian government and the Russian Orthodox Church. Carnegie Hall has not responded to a request to oppose the Russian government’s attacks on LGBT Russians. The demonstration at Carnegie Hall follows a recent action by Queer
Nation during the Metropolitan Opera’s Opening Night Gala on September
23. Protesters inside the Met delayed the start of the night’s program,
while protesters outside held signs and a giant rainbow flag banner to
demand that the Russian government repeal their anti-gay laws. Gergiev
led that performance as well."

For the Bible tells me so? Academic claims Jesus Christ was invented: "Ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to [American Biblical scholar Joseph] Atwill,
that the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats
and that they fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ."

The nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul read the nominees joined by Neil Patrick Harris (a last-minute replacement for House of Cards' Kate Mara).

Netflix earned its first Emmy nominations since debuting original programming.

Check out the full list of nominees announced this morning, AFTER THE JUMP...

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Kate Mara (House of Cards) will announce nominations for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards tomorrow morning. We’ll have the full list of nominees once they are announced, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start speculating now.

While perennial favorites like Mad Men, Modern Family and 30 Rock are all likely to make an appearance, there are still plenty of wild cards. We’ve combed critics’ perspectives on potential nominees and compiled some insight into a few key questions going into Thursday’s announcement.

"After Matt came out to me, he once asked me if I thought gay couples
would ever be allowed to get married. I told him I
didn’t think it would happen in my lifetime, but it probably would in
his. It’s so sad and ironic that it turned out the other way. But this
case warms my heart, to think that his dream is still coming true.
Dennis and I look forward to the day when loving, committed couples are
able to marry in every state.”

“Today is a tragic day for marriage and our nation. The Court got it wrong. The
federal government ought to respect the truth that marriage is the union
of one man and one woman, even where states fail to do so."

Lady Gaga noted the work that still needs to be done to achieve full
equality, given the somewhat limited nature of the court's ruling,
tweeting: "Who will be our Abe Lincoln today? Who will make the choice of FREEDOM FOR ALL."

Meanwhile, Lena Dunham and Joan Rivers had their minds on the actual business of getting married, with Dunham remarking, "Don't wanna traffic in stereotypes but let's be real: I'm gonna love a gay wedding" and Rivers suggesting, "Any straight person complaining about the Supreme Court striking down
DOMA should be forced to hire a heterosexual wedding planner."